Gaston Arman de Caillavet
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Gaston Arman de Caillavet (1869 – 13 January 1915) was a French playwright. He was the son of Albert Arman de Caillavet and Léontine Lippmann
, the muse of Anatole France
. In April 1893 he married Jeanne Pouquet. From 1901 to 1915, he collaborated with Robert de Flers
on many works, including light and witty operettas or comédies de boulevard, many of which were great successes.
He was a very close friend of Marcel Proust
who found in him and his fiancée, Jeanne Pouquet, a model of the relationship between Robert de Saint-Loup and Gilberte in his famous novel In Search of Lost Time
.
Gaston and Jeanne had only one daughter, Simone, who married (second wedding) André Maurois
, future biograph of Proust.
Léontine Lippmann
Léontine Lippmann , better known by her married name of Madame Arman or Madame Arman de Caillavet was the muse of Anatole France and the hostess of a highly fashionable literary salon during the French Third Republic...
, the muse of Anatole France
Anatole France
Anatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
. In April 1893 he married Jeanne Pouquet. From 1901 to 1915, he collaborated with Robert de Flers
Robert de Flers
Robert de Flers was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist....
on many works, including light and witty operettas or comédies de boulevard, many of which were great successes.
He was a very close friend of Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
who found in him and his fiancée, Jeanne Pouquet, a model of the relationship between Robert de Saint-Loup and Gilberte in his famous novel In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past is a novel in seven volumes by Marcel Proust. His most prominent work, it is popularly known for its considerable length and the notion of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel is widely...
.
Gaston and Jeanne had only one daughter, Simone, who married (second wedding) André Maurois
André Maurois
André Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog was a French author.-Life:Maurois was born in Elbeuf and educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen, both in Normandy. Maurois was the son of Ernest Herzog, a Jewish textile manufacturer, and Alice Herzog...
, future biograph of Proust.
Works
- Les travaux d'Hercule, opéra bouffeOpéra bouffeOpéra bouffe is a genre of late 19th-century French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form....
in three acts with Robert de FlersRobert de FlersRobert de Flers was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist....
, music by Claude TerrasseClaude TerrasseClaude Terrasse , was a French composer of operettas.Claude Terrasse was considered by some as the true successor to Jacques Offenbach , one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy.Terrasse was born in L'Arbresle, Rhône...
, 1901 - Le Cœur a ses raisons..., comedyComedy (theater)Comedy is a word that Greeks and Romans confined to descriptions of stage-plays with happy endings. In the Middle Ages, the term expanded to include narrative poems with happy endings and a lighter tone. In this sense Dante used the term in the title of his poem, La Divina Commedia...
in one act, with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre de la RenaissanceThéâtre de la RenaissanceThe name Théâtre de la Renaissance has been used successively for three distinct Parisian theatre companies. The first two companies, which were short-lived enterprises in the 19th century, used the Salle Ventadour, now an office building on the Rue Méhul in the 2nd arrondissement.The current...
, 13 May 1902 - Le Sire de Vergy, opéra bouffe in three acts with Robert de Flers, music by Claude Terrasse, Paris, Théâtre des VariétésThéâtre des VariétésThe Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1975.-History:...
, 15 April 1903 - Les Sentiers de la vertu, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre des NouveautésThéâtre des NouveautésThe name Théâtre des Nouveautés has been used successively to refer to several different Parisian theatre companies and their buildings, beginning in 1827...
, 7 December 1903 - La Montansier, historic comedy in 4 acts and a prologuePrologueA prologue is an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. The Greek prologos included the modern meaning of prologue, but was of wider significance...
, with Robert de Flers and Henry Ibels, Paris, Théâtre de la GaîtéThéâtre de la Gaîté (rue Papin)In 1862 during Haussmann's modernization of Paris the Théâtre de la Gaîté of the boulevard du Temple was relocated to the rue Papin across from the Square des Arts et Métiers....
, 24 March 1904 - Monsieur de La Palisse, opéra-bouffe in three acts, with Robert de Flers, music by Claude Terrasse, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 2 November 1904
- L'ange du foyer, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre des Nouveautés, 19 March 1905
- La Chance du mari, comedy in one act, with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre du GymnaseThéâtre du Gymnase Marie BellThe Théâtre du Gymnase or Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, is a theatre in Paris, at 38, boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in the 10th arrondissement .-History:...
, 16 May 1906 - Miquette et sa mère, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 2 November 1906
- FortunioFortunio (opera)Fortunio comédie lyrique or opera in 4 Acts and 5 tableaux by composer André Messager. The French language libretto by Gaston Arman de Caillavet and Robert de Flers is based on Alfred de Musset's comedy Le Chandelier. A stage work in the opéra comique tradition, the opera contains some spoken...
, operaOperaOpera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
in four acts and five tableauxTableau vivantTableau vivant is French for "living picture." The term describes a striking group of suitably costumed actors or artist's models, carefully posed and often theatrically lit. Throughout the duration of the display, the people shown do not speak or move...
, after ″Le Chandelier″ by Alfred de MussetAlfred de MussetAlfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.Along with his poetry, he is known for writing La Confession d'un enfant du siècle from 1836.-Biography:Musset was born on 11 December 1810 in Paris...
, with Robert de Flers, music by André MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
, Paris, Opéra-ComiqueOpéra-ComiqueThe Opéra-Comique is a Parisian opera company, which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with, and for a time took the name of its chief rival the Comédie-Italienne at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, and was also called the...
, 5 June 1907 - L'Amour veille, comedy in four acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Comédie-FrançaiseComédie-FrançaiseThe Comédie-Française or Théâtre-Français is one of the few state theaters in France. It is the only state theater to have its own troupe of actors. It is located in the 1st arrondissement of Paris....
, 1 October 1907 - L'éventail, comedy in four acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase, 29 October 1907
- Le Roi, comedy in four acts with Robert de Flers and Emmanuel Arène, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 24 April 1908
- L'âne de Buridan, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase, 19 February 1909
- Le Bois sacré, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 22 March 1910
- La Vendetta, opera in three acts with Robert de Flers, after a novel by Loriot-Lecaudey, music by Jean NouguèsJean NouguèsJean-Charles Nouguès was a French composer of operas.Born in Bordeaux, Nouguès was from a wealthy family, and in his youth he received little formal musical training. His first opera, Le Roi de Papagey, was written when he was only sixteen; after further study in Paris, he composed a second,...
, Opéra de MarseilleOpéra de MarseilleL’Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house which was erected on a tennis court....
, 27 January 1911 - Papa, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre du Gymnase, 11 February 1911
- Primerose, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Comédie-Française, 9 October 1911
- L'Habit vert, comedy in four acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre des Variétés, 16 November 1912
- La belle aventure, comedy in three acts with Robert de Flers and Étienne Rey, Paris, Théâtre du VaudevilleThéâtre du VaudevilleThe Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles....
, 23 December 1913 - BéatriceBéatrice (opera)Béatrice is a légende lyrique in four acts of 1914, with music by André Messager and a French libretto by Caillavet and Flers, after the short story La légende de Soeur Béatrix by Nodier.-Background:...
, opera in four acts with Robert de Flers, after a story by Charles NodierCharles NodierJean Charles Emmanuel Nodier , was a French author who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the conte fantastique, gothic literature, vampire tales, and the importance of dreams as part of literary creation, and whose career as a librarian is often underestimated by literary...
, music by André Messager, 1914 - Monsieur Brotonneau, play in three acts with Robert de Flers, Paris, Théâtre de la Porte Saint-MartinThéâtre de la Porte Saint-MartinThe Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin is a venerable theatre and opera house at 18, Boulevard Saint-Martin in the 10e arrondissement of Paris.- History :...
, 8 April 1914 - Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet in two acts and three tableaux, with Robert de Flers, music by Gabriel PiernéGabriel PiernéHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, and organist.-Biography:Gabriel Pierné was born in Metz in 1863. His family moved to Paris to escape the Franco-Prussian War. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, gaining first prizes for solfège, piano, organ, counterpoint and fugue...
, 1923 - Le Jardin du paradis, musical story in four acts after Hans Christian AndersenHans Christian AndersenHans Christian Andersen was a Danish author, fairy tale writer, and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier," "The Snow Queen," "The Little Mermaid," "Thumbelina," "The Little Match Girl," and "The Ugly Duckling."...
, with Robert de Flers, music by Alfred BruneauAlfred BruneauLouis-Charles-Bonaventure-Alfred Bruneau was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera....
, 1923